Baliadangi Upazila


Baliadangi is an upazila of Thakurgaon district in Rangpur Division, Bangladesh.
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Geography

Baliadangi is located at. It has a total area of 284.13 km2.
Baliadangi upazila is bounded by Atwari Upazila in Panchagarh district in the north, Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila in the east, Ranisankail Upazila in the south and Goalpokhar I and Islampur CD blocks in Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India, on the west.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Baliadangi Upazila had 52,437 households and a population of 208,350. 9.37% of the population were under 5 years of age. Baliadangi had a literacy rate of 70.95%: 75.91% for males and 66.01% for females, and a sex ratio of 101.02 males for every 100 females. 31,437 lived in urban areas.
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Baliadangi upazila had 45,509 households and a population of 195,049. 47,918 were under 10 years of age. Baliadangi had a literacy rate of 43.35%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 975 females per 1000 males. 15,346 lived in urban areas.
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Baliadangi has a population of 147,163. Males constituted 51.32% of the population, and females 48.68%. This upazila's eighteen up population is 72,500. Baliadangi had an average literacy rate of 23.8%, and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Religion

UnionMuslimHinduOthers
Amjankhore Union21,3224,151165
Bara Palashbari Union24,8051,40485
Barabari Union22,5824,186182
Bhanor Union21,7204,065277
Charol Union19,2077,530365
Dhantala Union11,66912,400318
Duosuo Union26,6561,28286
Paria Union18,7245,054105

? Muslim majority ? Hindu majority

Administration

UNO: Mofizur Rahman
Baliadangi, primarily formed as a thana in 1806, was turned into an upazila on 2 July 1983.
The upazila is divided into eight union parishads: Amjankhore, Bara Palashbari, Barabari, Bhanor, Charol, Dhantala, Duosuo, and Paria. The union parishads are subdivided into 78 mauzas and 78 villages.

College

1. Government Shahid Akbar Ali Science and Technology College
2. Somiruddin Smrity College
3. Lahiri Degree College
4. Kalmegh R Ali School and College